Alberto Gonzales

February 9, 2009 - 5:43pm

Vitale: Christie should say if he'll ask Bush or Ashcroft for help

By Editor

Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Christie should say if he will ask former President George Bush or former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to campaign for him or raise money for his campaign, says State Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Woodbridge).

Appearing on a Fox morning show today, Christie said he would not ask former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez to campaign for him, but sidestepped questions about Bush or Ashcroft.

"He should answer the question," said Vitale, the Chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.

Christie was a top fundraiser for Bush's 2000 presidential campaign before being named U.S. Attorney in 2001. After leaving the Justice Department, Ashcroft received a federal monitor contract from Christie that could net the ex-Attorney General more than $50 million in fees.

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July 28, 2008 - 3:19pm

DOJ report finds wrongdoing under Gonzales

By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

On the national news front, an internal Justice Department report concluded that politics illegally influenced the hiring of immigration judges and career prosecutors while Alberto Gonzales was Attorney General.

The report pointed much of the blame at Gonzales, although it blamed the specific wrongdoing on aides Monica Goodling, the former White House liaison, and former Gonzales chief of staff Kyle Sampson.

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November 28, 2007 - 7:39am

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